Frank Kocman: Interview

2005-03-25

Kocman, Frank

Frank Kocman, U.S. Army, WW II (March 25, 2005) It was December 1944 and America's involvement in World War II was in its fourth winter. Rewind seven months and teenager Frank Kocman Jr. had just graduated from Stephen F Austin High School and Uncle Sam was already calling. In fact Frank needed a student deferment just to finish high school. By July, 18-year-old Frank Kocman was drafted and was on his way to Fort Sam Houston and on to what he thought training to fight the Japanese in the South Pacific but that changed.. It was a fast track from high school to the front lines of the war.

KAMU-TV (Television station : College Station, Tex.); Turbiville, Tom

MovingImage; interview; Oral histories

Kocman, Frank; Veterans--United States--Interviews; United States. Army; United States. Army; World War, 1939-1945

Veterans of the Valley

Collections

English

In copyright-educational use permitted; For more information, see http://rightsstatementsorg/vocab/InC-EDU/10/

Items in this collection were donated to Cushing Memorial Library and Archives in 2017 by Tom Turbiville
Creation/Production Credits
From "Veterans of the Valley," a television series created by host Tom Turbiville and produced at KAMU-TV’s studio on the Texas A&M University, College Station campus
Local Note
reformatted digital

Catalog Key: 03-VOTV-Kocman_Frank-video